House Study Bill 256 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            EDUCATION BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON WENDT)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring the director of the department of education to
  2    develop and distribute guidelines related to life=threatening
  3    food allergies to school districts.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2647YC 83
  6 kh/rj/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.9, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  61.  Develop and distribute to school
  1  4 districts recommended guidelines relating to life=threatening
  1  5 food allergies.  The department shall develop the guidelines
  1  6 in collaboration with the department of public health and with
  1  7 input from pediatricians, school nurses, allergy specialists,
  1  8 parents and guardians of children with life=threatening
  1  9 allergies, school administrators, teachers, and food service
  1 10 directors.  The guidelines may include but shall not be
  1 11 limited to recommendations relating to the following:
  1 12    a.  Education and training for school personnel on the
  1 13 management of students with life=threatening food allergies,
  1 14 including training related to the administration of medication
  1 15 with a cartridge injector.
  1 16    b.  Procedures for responding to life=threatening allergic
  1 17 reactions.
  1 18    c.  A process for the implementation of individualized
  1 19 health care and food allergy action plans for every student
  1 20 with a life=threatening food allergy.
  1 21    d.  Strategies for reduction of the risk of exposure to
  1 22 anaphylactic causative agents including food and other
  1 23 allergens.
  1 24    e.  Suggested policies which school boards may implement
  1 25 based on the guidelines for the management of students with
  1 26 life=threatening allergies.
  1 27    f.  Designation of an employee to annually inform parents
  1 28 and guardians of students with life=threatening allergies and
  1 29 life=threatening chronic illnesses of applicable provisions of
  1 30 section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
  1 31 amended and codified in 29 U.S.C. } 794, and other applicable
  1 32 federal and state statutes, regulations, and rules; inform
  1 33 appropriate school staff of their responsibilities under
  1 34 school district policy; provide training necessary for staff
  1 35 to carry out these responsibilities; and monitor school
  2  1 district policy implementation.
  2  2                           EXPLANATION
  2  3    This bill requires the director of the department of
  2  4 education to develop and distribute to school districts
  2  5 recommended guidelines relating to life=threatening food
  2  6 allergies and the management of students with life=threatening
  2  7 food allergies.  The guidelines must be developed in
  2  8 collaboration with the department of public health with input
  2  9 from pediatricians, school nurses, allergy specialists,
  2 10 parents and guardians of children with life=threatening
  2 11 allergies, school administrators, teachers, and food service
  2 12 directors.  The bill lists potential areas for
  2 13 recommendations.
  2 14 LSB 2647YC 83
  2 15 kh/rj/8